Travel – Page 169

The president of the Civil Aviation Board Luis Ernesto Camilo announced that Boliviana de Aviación is interested in starting flights to the Casa de Campo / La Romana International Airport (LRM) in November 2017. The airline is owned by the government of Bolivia and operates flights to cities in Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Peru, and the …

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The Civil Aviation Board (JAC) approved direct roundtrip flights from Quito in Ecuador to Punta Cana. The flights will be operated by Aerolíneas Galápagos (Aerogal). The airline, also known as Avianca Ecuador, primarily flies to the United States and Colombia from the Galapagos Islands. JAC also recently approved direct flights on Tam Linhas Aéreas on …

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If you can’t beat them join them, seems to be the new strategy to stimulate an increase in Jamaican tourist arrivals in coming years. Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, or the Spanish Caribbean, have been showing growth numbers in tourism in the Caribbean. Now, English-speaking Jamaica wants to convince people to go on multi-destination …

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There will be 97,000 hotel rooms in the Dominican Republic by 2018, says the Ministry of Tourism. The Ministry says the fast pace of hotel room construction places the Dominican Republic as the leader in growth in accommodations in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Dominican Republic is the leading hotel destination in the Caribbean …

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Altos de Chavón, the 5,000-seat amphitheater in La Romana, will be presenting Cnco’s Más Allá Tour on Saturday, 16 September 2017. The concert is part of the trend for resorts to include among their attractions worldclass performers. Cnco is an American pop boy band formed in 2015 after becoming the winning members of the first …

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5.9% more tourists traveled to the Dominican Republic from January to July 2017, compared to the same period in 2016 according to Central Bank statistics. The Central Bank reported that for the first seven months of the year, non-resident foreign and Dominican arrivals were 3,879,334 or 216.456 more than for the same period in 2016. …

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Acrópolis Center is adding Wednesday jazz nights at the Atrium of Acrópolis Center. The Jazz Nights at Acrópolis begin this Wednesday, 16 August 2017 (a national holiday) with the performance of Jordi Masalles and Tiempo Libre. Playing are Jordi Masalles (drums), Josean Jacobo (piano), Papito Santana (base), Gury Abreu (saxophone). Enjoy an evening of classic …

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The Dominican Civil Aviation Board has given Russian charter airline Azur Air Limited the green light to operate the Moscow-La Romana flight route. The airline has also requested permission to fly from Yekaterinburg to Punta Cana from Kolstovo International Airport. This would be the first time the Dominican Republic is connected directly with Yekaterinburg, the …

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The 5th Panamerican Karate Championship, Open World and First Panamerican Martial Art Games Open World will take place from 25-26-27 August 2017 at the multi-use venue in Villa Altagracia, Santo Domingo province. The tournament is dedicated to singer Sergio Vargas and is organized by the Dominican Karate Federation and the Panamerican Karate Confederation. There are …

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Vacation Express will be offering new weekly direct flights from Kansas City to Punta Cana from 18 February to 3 August 2018. Vacation Express is offering a bundle including six-night resort stays in the packaged price. The flights are from the Kansas City International Airport (KCI) and Punta Cana International Airport. This is the first …

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